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I have some different bullets to try in reloading soon as Christmas is over. 129 LRX, 140 accubond, 145eldx

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Since you're only talking 500 yards you can pretty much use whatever you want. 130 grain NBTs and Accubonds, or 140 Accubonds are about as good as anything. I'm using the 130 Ballistic tips out to 700. 150 LR Accubonds are awesome if you can get them to shoot.


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I've been shooting the 129 gr lrx out of my 270 wsm with great success. I have never had a need to shoot long range on game but they are incredibly accurate out to 500 yards (farthest I've ever had the opportunity to shoot on paper). The most important part is they perform very well on game. Just this past year I shot two whitetail and a coyote and nothing so much as twitched. I'm using 65 grains of H4831SC, which puts them a just shy of 3400 fps. The one buck I shot was quartered away (practically facing away from me) so I put the bullet a few inches behind the shoulder and the exit hole was just below the base of the skull on the neck opposite of where the bullet went in. So far penetration and expansion have been great with this bullet.

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can't help you on specific factory ammo, but I have had two 270 WSMs that I handloaded for.

The two bullets I liked the best with it were the 140 Accubond and 140 Barnes TSX (now I would use the TTSX though).

I killed bull elk with both of those bullets from that cartridge, and had zero problems.

I really liked the cartridge, and had a lot of confidence in it in the field.

My issue with the 270 WSM is that it is pretty overbore, and torches throats pretty quickly if you shoot a lot. Since you will be running factory ammo though you likely won't shoot the volume of rounds, unless you are made of money . Quality WSM ammo ain't cheap.

If you want to go over 140grains, I would recommend going up to a 7mm or 30.


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I use 140 Accubonds in my 270 Weatherby also. Hammers dear and pigs.

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Plain old 150 Partitions don’t stink with RL26 out to 500. The 140 Accubonds Or 150 ABLRs are pretty danged good as well. Great cartridge.


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out to 500 I don't think it matters much. shoot what that barrel likes best then dial it in. I've had great success out to 600 with 140 vld.

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If it’s hunting and only out to 500 yards, use the LRX or TTSX, whichever shoots best. No other bullet will outperform them on game.


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